Election Day

Tuesday, Nov. 8

Polls: Open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. To learn the location of your polling place in Cook County, call 312-443-5196. In McHenry County, call 815-334-4242.

Vote questions: For complaints or questions about voting procedures in Cook County, call the state's attorney's hot line, 312-443-7960. In McHenry, call 815-334-4242.

Closings: Most state offices will be closed. Cook County Circuit Court will be closed. Other Cook County offices will be open. Federal offices and courts will be open. Regular mail delivery. Banks open.

TV coverage: Television coverage of the election begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday on cable on ChicagoLand Television. At 9 p.m., local coverage begins on WBBM-Ch. 2, WMAQ-Ch. 5, WGN-Ch. 9 and WFLD-Ch. 32. WLS-Ch. 7 begins local coverage with the 10 p.m. news. WSNS-Ch. 44 will provide local coverage in Spanish starting at 10 p.m. Radio coverage includes: WLS-AM (890), which starts local coverage at 6 p.m., and WBEZ-FM (91.5), WMAQ-AM (670), WGN-AM (720) and WBBM-AM (780), which begin at 7 p.m.